Black History Month

First Black Everything

100

First African American president of the U.S.

Barack Obama

200

First African American Nobel Peace Prize winner

Ralph Bunche

300

First African American Oscar Winner

Hattie McDaniel

400

First African American Supreme Court Justice 

Thurgood Marshall

500

First African American to win an Emmy 

Belafonte

Black Women Leaders

100

First Female African American U.S. Vice President

Kamala Harris 

200

First African American Elected to congress

Shirley Chisholm

300

First female African American Secretary of State 

Condoleezza Rice

400

First female African American U.S. Attorney General 

Loretta Lynch

500

First Female African American Nobel Peace Prize winner

Wangari Maathai

Civil Rights Activists

100

Who organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott  

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

200

African American Human Rights Activists also a leader for the Nation of Islam  

Malcolm X

300

Woman who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Rosa Parks 

400

Who organized freedom rides

James Farmer

500

Famous civil rights activists who was also the first African American to earn a PHD from the world famous Harvard University 

W.E.B. Du Bois 

Freeing From Slavery

100

Secret routes that were used to free slaves

Underground Railroad

200

Who was the organizer of the most famous slave rebellion 

Nat Turner 

300

Famous Female Leader of the underground railroad

Harriet Tubman

400

Famous escaped slave who helped slaves when they were granted their freedom 

Fredrick Douglass

500

What amendment gave slaves their freedom

13th amendment

Famous Black Athletes

100

First African American Professional Baseball Player

Jackie Robinson

200

First African American NFL MVP

Franco Harris

300

First African American World Heavyweight Boxing Champion 

Jack Johnson 

400

First African American Heisman Trophy winner

Ernie Davis

500

First African American Olympic Gold Medalist 

John Taylor